Hallandale Strong-arm Robbery

April 9, 1993|By BETH FEINSTEIN-BARTL, Special to the Sun-Sentinel

1700 block of East Hallandale Beach Boulevard, Diplomat Mall. Cash totaling $750 was taken around 11:45 a.m. on March 19. The victim told police that after cashing a check at a bank inside the mall she was walking toward her car in the parking lot when she was approached by the suspect, who told her that she had dropped something. When she turned around to check the ground, the man reached into her front jacket pocket, grabbed the money and fled, police said.

FIRE

800 block of Northwest Fourth Terrace. Fire-rescue workers saved a 4-year- old child while trying to control a house fire that broke out around noon on March 23. The child was found hiding underneath a bed in the front bedroom. The youngster was taken to Memorial Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation, police said. Investigators believe that the fire started in a rear bedroom. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, police said.